Taste buds and vomeronasal olfaction in some primates

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-178

  Borcherding, Frauke ^a   Wöhrmann Repenning, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

gustatation; mammals; olfaction; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; OLFACTION; PRIMATE; TASTE;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33947619996     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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